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Who here is not on Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, etc.? (pg. 3)
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by Renzo
I'm the same. I've had Facebook since my college days.
No, Will, I will not play Nintendo with you. |
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| Lilith |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
And why? |
Because they're crap. |
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| Jake Benson |
| oh god wtf is Orkut? I'm not going to join until it becomes unpopular. |
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| Meat187 |
Me. Because I think it's retarded. If I want to talk to my friends I call them. And I don't need to tell everyone on the whole ing internet that DJ Sammy is my favorite artists and that I like sunny days and having fun and hate bad weather and liars.
I've seen grown up people with a respectable job who wanted to show me their ing farm on facebook. :wtf: I never want to turn into such an idiot. |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Me. I have real friends.
If someone cant be bothered to pick up a phone, drop round or shoot me an email, then it was never meant to be. |
How about friends and family who live on the other side of the world? |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
How about friends and family who live on the other side of the world? |
As we all know "the other side of the world" is Australia. No matter where you actually live, the other side is always Australia. And no one worth liking lives there.
Edit: The obvious exception are Australians. For them the other side of the world is Austria. |
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| Fledz |
The fact that you made a joke betrays the fact that you have no answer because you know I'm right.
People seem to think all Facebook is used for is updating statuses and conversing with people you could just meet up with, but they forget the incredibly useful and practical application of keeping in touch with people that you have little hope of actually seeing in person or even calling any time soon. |
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| GoSpeedGo! |
I've never been on a single social networking site simply because I see it as a massive waste of time and yet another pointless distraction. Although vast majority of my friends has a facebook account, I've never felt social pressure to join the site nor do I feel like I'm missing something important.
I think social networking nurtures human obsession to be up to date with everything right here right now; isn't enough that we're bombarded with worldwide news on a daily basis, we now must know what our so-called "friends" are up to, however trivial it may be. Of course, it all begins with human's desire to share the oh so relevant news with "the world" in shortest time possible, which ensures that everyone involved stays in the circle jerk for as long as possible.
It seems that technology helps to hide our growing distance from each other and ourselves. Consider how many of us are desperate for human contact yet will phone, text, chat and blog rather than walk outside and meet the neighbor we’ve been living next to for the past 4 years and don’t even know by name. |
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| Meat187 |
| Have you ever heard about E-Mail? Or Skype? |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
Have you ever heard about E-Mail? Or Skype? |
What benefits does email offer over Facebook?
How convenient is Skype really for all parties involved? |
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| Jake Benson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
What benefits does email offer over Facebook? |
Well when I log into my email for one I don't have to see a bunch of gay drunken Mexicans updating their status in Spanish. So that's good for me. |
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| Arbiter |
I am not on any of them, and never have been. There are a number of reasons why, but the big one is that I just don't see any utility in them.
Even if they were modestly useful, however, they would pose problems. I'm a private person, so I really can't imagine sharing much information on them, and if I were going to then I would have to sharply limit access, which would entail awkwardly refusing to add people as friends and so forth. It's a mess I'd really rather not get involved with.
Further, I prefer to compartmentalize my various friends, family, and associates. The last thing I want is some kind of clearinghouse of information about myself and my personal relationships where everyone I know can see everyone else I know and is privy to some of our online interactions. |
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